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The Clinton administration's willingness to negotiate with rogue states has led to a perception among some of those countries that the US will make concessions to avoid confrontation, a senior UN official said. Rolf Ekeus, head of the UN commission to disarm Iraq, stated that this perception led
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The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for the lifting of US economic sanctions against Cuba, with 101 members voting in support and 48 abstaining. The US and Israel were the only countries to vote against the resolution, citing concerns over Cuba's
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The United Nations Security Council issued a late-night resolution warning Iraq that a pre-emptive attack could occur if it moves military units towards Kuwait, where a threat to the country could arise. The resolution was adopted unanimously, but with a rift between Moscow and Washington, as the US insisted on
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Russia's Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev on Monday addressed the UN Security Council, calling for the lifting of sanctions on Iraq if the country complies with all relevant UN resolutions. Kozyrev proposed that the oil embargo be ended six months after a disarmament monitoring system begins working in Iraq.
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As the United States continues to lobby for a Security Council resolution to restrain Iraq from further threatening the Persian Gulf region, Iraq and Russia have announced an agreement that would lead to Iraqi recognition of Kuwait. The accord, reached in talks between President Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Russian
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An Iraqi delegation, led by Oil Minister Safa Hadi Djawad, has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian officials and oil industry executives, indicating a desire to renew Russian investment in Iraq's oil production and refinery projects despite international sanctions. The meeting follows a previous round of talks
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Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, urging the U.N. Security Council to establish an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for acts of genocide in the central African country. Bizimungu emphasized the need for swift action, stating that six months had passed since
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Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister Nasser Abdullah Al-Radhwan addressed the UN General Assembly, emphasizing the country's demands for Iraq to unconditionally implement all UN Security Council resolutions related to the Gulf War. Al-Radhwan stated that these resolutions form an indivisible political and legal whole, and that Iraq&
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President Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia has agreed to postpone the lifting of an arms embargo against his country for six months, a significant shift in his stance, in exchange for stronger international protection from the United Nations. This decision follows over three years of demands by the Bosnian Government to
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Tensions escalated in the Bosnian conflict as the Bosnian Serb army, led by General Ratko Mladic, brought United Nations peacekeeping operations to a standstill in response to new UN sanctions imposed for their refusal to endorse a peace plan. The defiant move halted UN military and aid convoys, closed Sarajevo
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Iraq's Vice Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, is scheduled to meet with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on September 27 to discuss progress on lifting sanctions against Baghdad. This meeting comes as part of a joint effort by France and Russia to ease economic sanctions on Iraq, a move
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The United States has decided to delay asking the UN Security Council to lift economic sanctions against Haiti, citing the continued presence of military leaders. US Ambassador Madeleine Albright briefed the 15-nation council on the US-led multinational force that has begun to land in Haiti under an agreement reached between
